BBC’s controversial documentary on hate for UEFA EuroCup in Poland and Ukraine

Last Monday the BBC’s documentary show ‘Panorama’ aired ‘Stadiums of hate’ showcasing discrimination and violence in Poland and Ukraine as they prepare to host the UEFO EuroCup with a strong message: Don’t travel there to see the tournament, especially if you’re a visible minority. Since the airing, many groups have taken issue with the documentary, claiming it too sensationalistic by focusing on fringe groups that are in a minority.

Rogers visits a stadium in Lodz, Poland, where supporters known as “Ultras” abuse the opposition with chants like “Jewish whore” and “Hey, hey, who’s not jumping is a Jew.”

Then he goes to Warsaw, where a white supremacist group known as “White Power” has formed around one of the city’s biggest clubs. They flash supremacist symbols at matches and break out in fights with opposition and police.

And that’s just Poland. While in Ukraine, Rogers witnesses monkey chants at black players and supporters… and police present at the match don’t do a thing about it.

There were reports the BBC allegedly did not use material, such as a police statement and statistics which are said to not support the claims made in the programme.Aviram Baruchyam, a Jewish midfielder of Polonia Warsaw, allegedly admitted that he never had a problem with Poles and their behaviour towards him, but this did not feature in final cut.

Why did they not interview Jewish footballer Maor Melikson, a fans favorite, who plays on the wing for Wisla Krakow? The same goes for Saidi Ntibazonkiza, Burundian striker of similar position to Melikson, but on the other side of Blonie park, at Cracovia.

The BBC did not include statistics which reveal that over the last three years, out of 460,000 British visitors not even one have reported a racist incident in Poland.

"I believe BBC must apologize for this film, which portrays Ukraine and Poland as countries of hatred and racism. BBC has edited a whole film from single pictures and drawn wrong conclusions," the official (Oleh Volosyn) said.

Voloshyn also noted that the issue of racism had not been discussed at the official level. On the contrary, Ukrainian officials have considered measures to secure Ukrainians from British fans, known for their aggression and racist moods, he added.

According to the official, the given series of episodes may be a deliberate provocation, initiated by British football clubs’ representatives, who want to keep ‘big football’ within the Western Europe.

“One could not find there the statements of foreign experts regarding the field of security,” Bosacki said.

“No one turned to the foreign ministry, or the Polish Police,” he said.

Similarly, Bosacki rejected England player Sol Campbell’s claim that black football fans “could come back in a coffin” if they attend the tournament.

Meanwhile, PL.2012, the official Polish body charged with organising the event, has invited Mr Campbell to Poland.

“We have invited Sol Campbell to come to the European Championships, so that he csn get to know our country, and then he will be fully entitled to express opinions about Poland,” said Mikolaj Piotrowski, communications director for Pl.2012.

Prime Minister Donald Tusk has already pledged that “nobody who comes to Poland will be in any danger because of their race.”

"We don’t have a real problem here about racism.” Shevchenko told the BBC. "The country’s very quiet and people are very friendly. Campbell claimed that Uefa should have researched the threat thoroughly before sanctioning Poland and Ukraine as hosts of such an important tournament.

But Shevchenko believes that Euro 2012 will pass without any such incidents. "I know the country did everything to make this competition very good," he continued. "I know how much work the country tried to do: airports, in streets, stadium in the last five years. "We never have heard problems about racism." Former Arsenal player Oleg Luzhny, who has represented Ukraine 52 times, supported counterpart Shevchenko’s comments. "No, no, no, I never heard about this. We have Nigerian players…and I never heard about racism," Luzhny added.

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I’m appallad but not at all surprised. I’ve been reading BBC online news for the past 2-3 years and I can honestly say that in that time there has never been a postive article about Ukraine. The only time Ukraine gets into BBC news is when there is a fight in parliament , or when there is something negative to report. From their recent articles trying to muster boycott of the championships to the articles about Ukraine raising the prices on hotels or about a vicious rape and murder of a young girl in Ukraine (very tragic and shocking case, but hardly one that warrants the attention of BBC when these cases sadly happen all over the world including UK), BBC is the centre of negative Ukraine news. Not even anniversary of Chornobyl got a mention at BBC, I guess nothing that would ellicit some sympathy either. Let’s not forget that this is the same news outfit that had the fake news item about the Hitler dolls being manufactured in Ukraine.

if anyone is racist here its bbc and their small minded views. Where is this hatred for Poland comes from? Are you jealous that euro2012 takes place in Poland? Or maybe you have forgotten that polish pilots help during the 2nd war? Or maybe you want to blame us for inventing slavery? There was never any slavery in polish history and we are proud of that fact.

The BBC are at it again. What crap they churn out in an effort to prove how right they are and how wrong every other white homogeneous country is. Notice, they would never accuse black South Africans of being anti white. Oh, no, that does not suit their version of the world. I am in Ukraine, am English and have never met friendlier, more helpful people.
Of course, Ukrainian people don’t want their country to be overrun with massive non-white immigration, like so much of western Europe, and what is wrong with that? But when the BBC concoct unfounded plots of anti-black racist attacks, you know they are working to their rubric of breaking down any sense of pride and nationalism. This is cultural Marxism, nothing more, nothing less. I would love to meet the scum who initiated this disgusting piece of journalism, and ask him one question, where did you get your information from?